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Real Reality · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

Korean Food Among World's Most Expensive
The prices of major foods including beef, pork, milk and potatoes in Korea are the fifth highest among 34 leading economies. The country has become one of the world's most expensive nations, with consumer prices soaring about 20 percent since 2000.... U.S. consumer prices were 80 percent higher than in Korea in 2000 but only 10 percent higher this June.
Chosun Ilbo (September 7, 2006)
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200609/200609070025.html

gang ah jee · Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Location: city of paper

Too slow!

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=65486

And why don't you read my PMs?

Edit: PM read!

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

I can still buy more than enough food for barely any money though.

VanIslander · Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:21 am Post subject:

If you're trying to buy raw beef by the pound and rice by the bag in Korea then it's expensive.

But if you eat Korean food in restaurants, even daily, it's so cheap. I've done it months on end and it's no cash drain.

Why the heck buy rice when rice accompanies so many dishes here, free for extra bowls too.

Change your eating habits a little (not much) while you're living in Korea and it won't be a hit to your pocketbook.

laogaiguk · Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Location: somewhere in Korea

Novernae · Joined: 02 Mar 2005

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

We rarely manage to get out of the supermarket for anything less than 100K and that's a *small* shopping for us. Bigger ones are close to 200K. That's weekly.

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

I can't believe US food prices are 10% higher than Korean. I can't think of a single item in the grocery store that's cheaper here than back home. Okay, maybe bottled water. They've got that down pretty low. But when you look at the cost of produce, any produce at all, AND compare the quality of it, the US wins out. Same with any raw meats, excluding maybe seafood. For $50 in a Harris-Teeter or Publix I can get a nice stash of food with good variety. For the same amount in an E-Mart I can get 2 bottles of Snapple and a 6-pack of oranges.

DCJames · Joined: 27 Jul 2006

I find that most of my expenses are going to paying for food...

Eating out every meal gets old quick...

The meals that you buy are cheap because they have little to no nutritional value... most of it is just rice, cheap vegetables, and spices with very little meat...

you get what you pay for..

rocklee · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul

Totally agree with the last post.

There is no subway in my area and eat out really does get old.